Junction-box.



J. F. WAGNER.

JUNCTION BOX.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2s, 1911.

`LQ9095 Patentef Maz: 1731914.

, ya@ u in equipping a building with an electric ;easily and quickly installed, and toobviate JOSEPH F. WAGNER, oFsoUTH BEND, IN

` FFICE.

DIANA, AssIeNon To ARNOLD-WAGNER.

ELEoTRIo oo.,A 0F SOUTH BEND.'I NDIANA, A CORPORATION 0F INDIANA.

Application filed August 28,

- specification ofteaersratent. Patented M31-, 1,7, 1914,

1an. Serin No. 046,348.

T0 all (whom itmai/ concern I Be it known that I, Josnrn F, Wannen, a citizen of lthe United States, residing at, South Bend, in the county of St.Joseph and l State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Junction- Boxes, of which the following isa specification.

Myinvention relates to improvements in junction boxes of -the type commonlyy used lighting system, and particularly' of that type which is mountedV in the wall of a room to receive and'support a switch for controlling the current. Y, j

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of such boxes in a manner which will permit the same Vto be more the necessity of placing' cross-bars between joistsl `for the supportof the box,"as is the present practice, thereby relieving the electrician from doing carpenter Work preliminary to the installation or mounting of the boxes. 1 1

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of means in connection with a junction box, whereby the nail or screw supporting the rearend of the box may first be placed, after which the holding means on the rear end of the box may be passed over such nail or screw and the box adjusted, if required, in an endwise direction before fas- I tening the front, end thereof, so that the front edge pf the box -Will be properly spaced from the joist to which it is secured in brder l to come tiush with the finished wall.

With these and other objects in view, the present invention consists of certain novel features of construction, hereinafter more particularly described andpointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that minor changes of construction may be made without departing from or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention-Figure l is a perspective View of a junction box, and Fig. 2 is an end view of a joist showing the manner of attaching the junction box thereto.

Referring now more particularly to the` accompanying drawings, the junction .box l, which is of the form commonly in use, is

'v provided with an open front end to permit access to be had thereinto for placementof the switch (not shown),\for which such boxes are mainly y l cminections therewith' inthe usual manner, openings (not shown) being formed in the walls of the box in any suitable manner,

used, and for making the 'j through which the conduits are passed con- I taining the wire conductors for connection with the switch, all ot which is well understood in the art.

Extending laterally from one of t'hel side and'prefcrably wallsof the junction box,

formed integrally therewith, is a lug 2, pro.-

vided with-a nail or screw holeBQlthe lug' .from thefront end being spaced a. distance. of the' box equalmg the customary thick ness ot the lath andplaster of the finished V wall, so thactbe front'edge of the box will come flush withythe surface of the wall, and

the cover plate (not shown) will have 'a close tit withthe wall when attached to the box. Forming a continuation ofthe side wall from which the lug 2 projects, is a lug 3, provided4 with an open-ended slot et, said lugs beiug disposed at right "angles with're lation to each other, s0 that the box may be attached to a joist or other timber by driving a nail or screw through the openings in the lugs in the manner plainly shown in Fig 2. lt will thus be observed that a single [inist or timber is sufficient for prop` orly pnounting the box, and that no special, frame or supporting structure isrequired for the' purpose, as is necessary for mounting boxes in present use, thus effecting a material saving ot' time and labor in the installation of the saine( When installing the bbx in an old house being wired for.

electricity, or in a house in the process of construction in which one side of the Wall is partially or completely finished, so that there is not su'tiicient room between the rear end of the box and the wall to permit access tobe had therebetween for thle purpose of driving the fastening means through the slotted lug into the joist, such fastenin means may first be driven into the joist and the box then positioned by passing the slotted lug over the same, and then securing the laterally extending lug 2 to the front exposed edge ot the joist by drivinga nail or screw through ,theopening therein into the joisi. Furthermre, should it be desired Vto mount thebox so as to come Hush with the plaster, as'in wiring an old house as compared with junction boxes employing in which the thickness of the lath and plaslugs or fastening members adjustable with ter may be'greater than the space between relation to the box, a material saving in the lug 2 land end" of the box', the box may the `manufacturing cost also. v f 5 be moved outwardly the proper distance s o l What is claimed is zl v as to come' flush with the plaster', the slot 4 1. A junction 4boxcomprising integrally .in the rear lng permitting this to be done formed lugs, one of whichlugs extends latwithout disturbing the previously place' `einlly-4 from one of the side walls thereof, nailA or screw for holding said `lug, and by and the other forming a'continuation of the 1o `placing a liner ,betweenthe front lng and side wall from which the first mentioned 40 i thejoist'kand then' driving the-nail or 'screw lug extends and provided with an opentherethrough, a perfect adjustment may be ended slot therein, substantially as and for had between the front edge o'f the box and the purpose -describe f the. wall wit-hout the employment of any 2. vA junctionvbmt comprising side walls [n adjustable lugs or fastening members in and a rearwall with the front end of the 45 v yconnection, with 'the box. 4A further mabox being open, a lng' extending laterally terialy advantage resides in the arrangement from one of the side wa/lls and spaced from of` the lugs in the relatlve ositions isthe open end of the box, said lug having an,

.ffclosed, in that it permits the ox to be seopening' m its 4free end, a second lug pro- 2o cured to either side of a joist, a half turn jectingifrom the rear' end wall,said'second 5b A `ofthebox brlnging the Same in'- the proper lug' being,I a prolongation of the side wall position for either'slde. j carrying the first-,mentioned lug, and said v '1 lhave thus produced an exceedingly j second lug having an open-ended slot in its v simple structure for an article of the char-W free end. 25 acter. described, and which, by virtue of ln testimony whereof I aflix my signature 55 the novel arrangement of and form of the in presence of. two witnessesj lugs, is adapted to meet all of thejreqnirej JOSEPH F. `WAGNER.

jments necessary to -permlt the box to be l. Witnesses: handilyr and rapidly installed, thus effecting j DANIEL B. NYE,

lso a' material saving of time and labor; and, j GEORGE OLTSGH. 

